"Teachers can certainly read content or teach content, but that they don't verbalize the word. "We don't want you to write it all out on the board or to read it all out loud. One CBE teacher, who CBC News has agreed not to name as she fears professional retribution, said the note caught teachers at her school off guard. "It was just like a total blanket statement to all teachers and it was like, very reprimanding [to] me in nature. The teacher said CBE teachers also haven't been offered any professional development on best practices when teaching texts with these sorts of words and slurs.

Source: CBC News February 27, 2021 12:00 UTC